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Home My WebLink About10-18-2011 PATHWAY AND BIKE MINUTES B PATHWAYS AND BIKE ROUTES COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting of October 18, 2011 @ 7:00 P.M r 't s��' °"°-.-., � , , � ��1�"E�i r Caldwell Airport Hubler Terminal — Community Room �� I. Call to Order. Chairperson Mann called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m. Members Present. Ann Manning, Bill Gigray III, Cindy Grover, Larry Evans, Mark Pemble, Nick Molenaar, and Paul Mann. Members Absent. Bill Buckendorf, Rod Garrett. Others Present. Brian Billingsley, Planning & Zoning Director; April Cabello, Planning Technician; and Ricardo Calderon, Associate Engineer. Others Absent. Brent Orton, Public Works Director; and Rob Hopper, CC Liaison. II. Review and Approval of the Agenda. The Committee approved a motion to approve the posted agenda. MOTION: Nick M., SECOND: Ann M., MOTION PASSED. III. Approval of Minutes. A. The minutes of August 23, 2011 were presented to the committee. MOTION: Nick M., SECOND: Ann M., MOTION PASSED. IV. Audience Participation. None. V. Communications. Brian B. informed the committee that he had mailed a formal letter to ITD requesting approval to place city identification signs on the I-84 Mile Post 27.87 pedestrian bridge. ITD responded with a written notification on September 8, 2011, stating that the request does not meet the guidelines established in the Idaho Transportation Department Traffic Manual and thanked the committee for contacting ITD in regards to the matter. ITD appreciates the committee's efforts to comply with their regulations. 1�1'a�e VI. Old Business A. Discussion on Idaho Smart Growth Safe Routes to School Project — Brian B. gave an update on the pedestrian counts taken the previous week in front of all Caldwell grade schools and middle schools. Brian B. stated Mark P. and Nick M., several volunteers from Idaho Smart Growth, ITD and the YMCA helped him with the count. Mark P., Nick M. and he were on Montana Avenue where Nick M. was at the Linden intersection, Mark P. was at the Willow intersection and he was at the Alder intersection covering Syringa and Washington Schools. Nick M. counted 70 people, Mark P. counted 175 people and he counted 56 people between the hours of 2:45 and 4:45 on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Brian B. further stated he does not have the count from Elaine Clegg for the other schools but she wants to come to the next meeting to talk about the results of the study and give recommendations for making biking and walking safer near the schools. Elaine could not be at tonight's meeting because she is on the City of Boise City Council and they have the smoking ordinance tonight. The Boise City Council meets on the same night that PBR meets and Brian B. asked the committee for approval to change the November meeting date and suggested Wednesday, November 30 The committee stated Tuesday, November 29 would be a better date. Bill G. made the motion to move the November 15 meeting to November 29 tn MOTION: Bill G., SECOND: Nick M., MOTION PASSED. B. YMCA Pathway Update — Ricardo C. reported that director of the YCMA, Scott Curtis, approached him to get the Streets Department to finish painting the bike lane where the bike path ended. He reminded the committee the pathway ends behind the YMCA in the fire lane and just stops. You do not know which way to go. The Streets Department striped a 5 ft wide lane with bike symbols on the pavement leading the pathway out to Indiana, connecting it to the sidewalk. This should complete this pathway except for the irrigation and landscaping budgeted for 2012. Brian B. stated that there are a few improvements to the pathway that need to be done near Frank Crookham's house, installation of a bollard to keep automobiles off the pathway and a street light at the end of the cul-de-sac. C. Update on FY 2012 Budget Recommendations — Brian B. reported that at the previous PBR meeting he had informed the committee that City Council finalized its budget and they dedicated $15k from the parks fund to put the landscaping along the new pathways and dedicated $30k from the Street fund for projects from the PBR Committee. The committee had budgeted $15k for the 2012 year and needs to decide on what 2�I?a�e kind of projects they were not anticipating being funded in 2012 but wanted funded in 2012. Brian B. provided a copy of the 2012 Budget Report Recommendation and Requests form that lists all the projects recommended to City Council and stated the Public Works Director, Brent Orton, wants to know which projects the committee would like to move to the physical year 2012. Brian B. suggested using the funding for the proposed pathway behind Heritage Community Charter School and further stated that the city recently acquired the land for the pathway. Staff and the committee discussed possible projects to move to the 2012 budget year. Bill G. made a motion to the Public Works Department recommending use of the funding for the pathway behind Heritage Community Charter School but only if the pathway connects to the YMCA. If the pathway cannot connect to the YMCA, then the committee would recommend as an alternative motion moving item #1 (Bike Route #2) from the 2013 budget to the 2012 budget. MOTION: Bill G., SECOND: Nick M., MOTION PASSED D. Discussion on Booth at Indian Creek Festival — Brian B. stated the PBR booth at the Indian Creek Festival was a success. The PBR committee received a donation of 100 bike helmets and it took only 3 hours, mostly between 10:30am and 12:OOpm, to pass them out. Chairman Mann suggested next year they purchase more than 100 helmets and have some kind of advertisement on the helmets showing they were distributed by the PBR committee. Brian B. stated next year he would re-adjust the work schedule and put more people in the morning hours so the committee can work the booth, hand out information materials and still have time to hand out the helmets. He will also purchase 200 helmets with more sponsors and maybe hire the local bike shop to do inspections. Cindy G. stated the location was great, a little loud but great. She also suggested purchasing 250 helmets and bike safety coloring books and crayons. Bill G. suggested having finro teams working at the same time, have one team working the booth handing out the information materials and the other team handing out the helmets. Larry E. questioned on a scale of 1-10, safety wise, where did the helmets land, what was the percentage. Chairman Mann responded he thought the helmets were 100% approved. 3�1'a�e Brian B. concurred and reviewed the size of helmets he had purchased. Brian informed the committee they will start planning for next year's 2012 festival in May or June of 2012. Bill G. suggested while the committee has some funding to consider purchasing one kiosk that will not blow over in the wind for the placards. VII. New Business. A. Indian Creek Pathway Corridor. Brian B. stated that Richard Stallings contacted him and would like to sell his property to the City of Caldwell, starting from the Land-O-Lakes property all the way to Centennial Way - basically the east side of Indian Creek corridor - for a pathway. Brent Orton and Brian B. met onsite with Richard, walked the corridor and stated it was mostly doable with the only problem being the three buildings on the east side of the creek which only have 10-12ft of clearance between the creek bank and the buildings. Richard informed Brent O. and Brian B. that he would be willing to sell the three buildings to the City of Caldwell if the buildings needed to be torn down to make room for the pathway. Brent O. and the Mayor are interested entering into negotiations with Richard Stallings but the Mayor is seeking a recommendation from the PBR committee on whether to proceed with negotiating the purchase of the land. If the decision was made to purchase the land, park impact fees funds would fund the purchase of the land. Bill G. made a motion that from the PBR committee's standpoint, this would facilitate our planning for the connection of the greenbelt pathway and bikeways with the Indian Creek project and the PBR committee would completely support the City's attempt to acquire the property. MOTION: Bill G., SECOND: Cindy G., MOTION PASSED B. 2012 Meeting Calendar. Brian B. reviewed the proposed calendar for 2012 and suggested having a similar schedule to 2011's and take off the months of February, July, September, and December. Brian B. stated there is a conflict with the January 17, 2012 PBR meeting date because City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 and Rob Hopper is on City Council. Cindy G. suggested moving the PBR meeting to the following Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Bill G. made a motion to approve the 2012 Meeting Calendar as proposed with no meetings in February, July, September, and December and with the January meeting subject to availability of the Airport Conference room on January 24, 2012. The other meeting dates will be the third Tuesday of the month as follows: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 . 4�I'��e . � Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Tuesday, November 20, 2012 MOTION: Bill G., SECOND: Cindy G., MOTION PASSED VIII. Committee and Staff Reports. A. Brian B. gave a report on pedestrian counts that April C. and he did on the new pathway between Syringa Middle School and the YMCA. April C. was located at the YMCA pathway and in two hours she counted 36 people, traveling southbound and 0 peopte, traveling northbound and only one of those was on a bike. Brian B. was at the intersection of Spruce connecting the new pathways and in two hours, he counted 33 people traveling northbound, 48 people traveling eastbound towards the YMCA and 29 people traveling westbound towards Jefferson Middle School, only four people counted were on bikes. Brian B. further stated that every 6 months they would take counts, in the spring and fall. Ann M. asked if a crosswalk was in the plans for at Montana and Spruce along bike route #1. Ricardo C. responded he is not aware of any crosswalks but they can stripe one and place signs. Brian B. suggested extending the school zone. Brian B. will contact the Traffic Commission. Ann M. made a motion to request a crosswalk at Montana and Spruce. MOTION: Ann M., SECOND: Bill G., MOTION PASSED B. Brian B. reported that he received a request from Farmway Village for 27 bike helmets and for someone to teach the children of Farmway Village the Basic Rules of the Road. Brian B. asked for volunteers from the committee and they would contact her directly. Ann M. stated she might be able to help and suggested having a volunteer from the YMCA. Bill G. asked Brian B. to email the PBR committee the contact information for Farmway Village. S�Pa�e , . : � IX. Adjourn. MOTION: Bill G., SECOND: Larry E., MOTION PASSED. Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:25 p.m. - Respectfully submitted by April Cabello, MINUT� f�PROVED AND SIGNED BELOW BY CHAIRPERSON PAUL MANN ON THE DA`fE NO��D BELOW. ..�..�°''' ; ,� �` �,�� ,;�� s�``.� ;i a � - , � / �`��' � Paul Mann, C air Date ,� , � �.--} `��--. ! t'�-- � .. �� J/ ATTEST: Brian Billingsley, P&Z Director Date 6�Pa�e